Egypt P E R eligion olitical conomy Trade •By 3200 BC, ________________ were trading with the ____________________ •Also traded up and down the Nile –__________________ –Cattle Granite blocks Pharaohs •Egyptian kings = ____________________ •The Egyptians viewed their pharaohs the same as the gods –____________ WERE ____________ –Stood as center of _______________ as well as _____________________ and __________ Type of Government = __________________ Religion •______________________ •2,000 gods and goddesses •Built huge temples to honor gods •Believed in ____________________ Osiris – god of the dead Copyright © Clara Kim 2007. All rights reserved.

S I G A chievements ocial ntellectual eography •Knowledge in __________ = skillful _________________ –_______________ –Palaces •Egyptian Architects __________ to use __________ _____________ in homes, palaces and temples •12 month, 365 day calendar from studying the stars So accurate it was only ______________off from _____________ calendar year •Very ________________ from the ________________ of ______________ Egypt’s united kingdom allowed –High degree of ___________ –Stability Cultural __________________ (staying the same) Lower Egypt Upper Egypt Social pyramid •__________________________ – 4,100 miles long, flows northward •Every year in July the river ________________ ______________________ leaving behind rich soil. •The Nile is the _____________ river in the _____________! Forbidden Deserts on either side of the Nile = Natural barriers •Developed writing = ____________________ –____________________ writing system •Developed written numbers for recording taxes –Addition, subtraction